Now in its 16th season, "Consider This..." is a weekly half-hour prime-time issues and information program produced by UNO Television. The program covers current topics that face today's society. Host Cathy Wyatt talks to the people making news and discusses issues important to our citizens. Recently, Cathy interviewed Joe Elsasser, a Certified Financial Planner and creator of Social Security Timing. Joe details the drastic change in Social Security Benefits since their inception in 1939 and how many retirees are now viewing these benefits as retirement assets.

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Joe Elsasser, creator of Social Security Timing, explains the difference between Social Security benefits from 1939 to present. Most notably, the difference between full retirement age, now 66 and how benefits increase by 8% each year.